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US History

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  • Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Court Case over racial segregation passes sanctions for the south.

  • The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

    An unarmed british ocean liner was sunk by a german submarine, this prompted the US to join the war.

  • US Congress created the National Park Service

  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    speculation became a problem and the stock market crashed, this forced the United States into a great depression.
  • FDR's First Fireside Chat

    FDR's First Fireside Chat

    FDR gave straightforward informal radio addresses, on progress from the ruins of the great depression.
  • Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The United States decided to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan, in hopes that the destruction caused would prevent further loss of life.

  • Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed.

  • First Earth Day

    Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal

    Richard Nixon had a role in covering up a scandal centered around the break in at DNC headquarters, he became the first and only US president to resign. This caused a decrease in faith had for government officials.
  • PATCO Strike

    PATCO Strike

    The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) went on strike demanding a shorter workweek. Ronald Regan found a solution.
  • PATCO Strike

    PATCO Strike

    The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) went on strike demanding shorter work weeks Ronald Regan came up with a compromise.

  • Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • The Monica Lewinsky Affair

    The Monica Lewinsky Affair

    Democratic President Bill Clinton had an affair with white house intern Monica Lewinsky.

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • September 11th Attacks

    September 11th Attacks

    Islamic terrorists hijacked 4 planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center towers, The pentagon, and the Pennsylvania countryside
  • Election of Donald Trump

    Election of Donald Trump

    Election divided country more than any has before.

  • U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation